Tom is an Accounting and Finance student at the University of the West of England, Bristol and Jules is a Support Worker and Music Facilitator for a small charity.

Jules travelled for four months around Asia and Australia before University and then spent a month in Indonesia after graduating. Tom lived and went to school in New Zealand for a year. We are now on a six week interrailling adventure around Europe where we will be visiting France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Whilst we are Interrailing around Europe this Summer we decided to join Couchsurfing to meet locals and share experiences. We are both very sociable people and want to experience the true cultures of the places that we are visiting through meeting the locals!

Together we have now had two amazing Couchsurfing experiences and are subsequently hooked!! Our first experience was with the wonderful Gaga and Thomas in Amsterdam and the second was in beautiful Berlin with Aaltje and Knut :)

Interests

We both love listening to and playing music; Tom plays guitar and percussion and Jules recently graduated from her studies in music. As well as music we enjoy hiking, backpacking, food, yoga, running, cooking and photography.

• photography
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• partying
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Tom: I like a lot of 70s music like David Bowie, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, Fleetwood Mac etc. I have also recently got into Disco. I also love math-rock bands such as Tangled Hair, Suffer Like G Did, Delta Sleep, Cleft, Axes. Jules: Miles Davis, FKJ, Snarky Puppy, Fleetwood Mac, The Shins, John Butler Trio, Belleruche, San Fermin, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley, Baths, Bonobo, Grizzly Bear, Fink, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Tall Ships, Tame Impala, Maps and Atlases, The Neighbourhood, Kins, The Staves, Joni Mitchell, Anais Mitchell, Bon Iver, Xavier Rudd etc. etc! :)

Movies - Tom: The Big Lebowski, Withnail & I, In Bruges, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Pulp Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, This Is Spinal Tap, Blade Runner, Guardians of the Galaxy. Jules: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Amelie, most Tim Burton films! Submarine, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Books - A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, High Fidelity, The Martian, Gone Girl.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tom lived in New Zealand for a year and Jules conquered her fear of heights and did a bungee jump and skydive.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Jules is almost fluent in German and an English teacher so can give you some tips on learning the language if you would like! We are both avid food fans and love cooking for people and hosting dinner parties :) and of course we could play you some music too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Germany, New Zealand